I'm crazy for Flor tiles. They are cheap, come in 57348738 different colours and patters and you can clean them SO easily. if anything awful happens to one just replace it.

http://www.flor.com

modernmommy: those look cool. do you use 1 square? or a few? do stores carry them or only avail. on the internet?

It really depends on how big you want it. if you go to the website they show the rug kits and those can give you an idea of how big to get one. I have a 4x6 one in my kitchen. The really nice thing is that if someone spills something on one section that doesn't come off you just replace that part of it. I have kids and I use one with a LOT of white in my dining room and it actually looks fantastic, and this is after LOTS of food and melted ice cream etc being spilled on it :) I think some stores have some on stock but I have always ordered directly from them.

I just bought a few from Target until I find the perfect one. My floor guy said to make sure there's nothing scratchy on the back.